# Plugin4Shell: Pinned SHAs Fail in AI Coding Agents

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## Article Metadata
- Title: Plugin4Shell: Pinned SHAs Fail in AI Coding Agents
- Summary: Plugin4Shell lets a plugin repo owner swap code behind a pinned commit SHA in Claude Code, Codex, Copilot and Gemini CLI. Fixed versions and what to do.
- Published: Oct 2, 2026, 8:05 AM EDT
- Updated: Oct 2, 2026, 8:05 AM EDT
- Category: AI Security
- Primary topic: Claude Code
- Authors: Samir Haddad
- Read time: 6 min
- Language: en_US
- Publication time zone: America/New_York (U.S. Eastern Time)
- Access: Free to read

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